The £3.7m five-year programme, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, will begin in May 2026. It aims to investigate the effectiveness and implementation of ‘workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of use to workplaces’, known as WHISPAs. These are offered freely to employers and funded by local government or voluntary and community organisations. The research will focus on small and medium-sized organisations with less th

When a new research project starts to gather momentum, the pressure to deliver can build quickly. Timelines move fast, and there’s often a long list of deliverables - events to organise, budgets to track, team members to coordinate, stakeholders and advisory board members to keep updated – with the responsibility often falling to the Principal Investigator, unless additional research support is in place. That’s where a great Project Officer makes all the difference.

At The Remote Assistant, we work with Principal Investigators and research support teams to provide structured, flexible support across the full project lifecycle. From resourcing and finance admin to marketing and event delivery, we help keep everything moving, without adding pressure to the team.